Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It needs some love. And parts. Leo Wesson Photographer/Videographer 817.733.9157 www.leowesson.com On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwm.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 leo wesson <leowesson at gmail.com>wrote: > > >Buy a Gitzo if you want to buy only 1 tripod. > > >Leo Wesson > >Photographer/Videographer > >817.733.9157 > >www.leowesson.com > > ===================================================================================================== > I only have experience with one Gitzo, the one at work. I don't know what > model it is, but I do know it has been unusable for a number of years. The > leg collars are either jammed so tight they can hardly be loosened, or slip > when they seem secured. Cleaning the threads in the collars didn't help. > And the three-way head always has about two degrees of play in it side to > side where it joins the legs, even with everything tightened down, so that > the composition never is stable. > > I gave up trying to use it. > > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > UPAA POY 1978 > University Relations > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > amr3 at uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >